Tag: Management

Tourist enjoying wildlife on Hallig Langeness: Brent Geese (Branta bernicla), Biosphere Reserve Halligen, GermanyDue to increased protection, wildlife such as brent geese, can be experienced by tourists on close distance. The Northfrisian "Halligen" Langeneß, Nordstrandischmoor, Gröde, Hooge and Oland off the coast of Schleswig-Ho...

By Wenzel Prokosch

Natural (non-tourist occupied) Beach, Former Threat of Hotels Spreading on the Horizon, Coto Doñana National Park, SpainDoñana National Park is a natural reserve in Andalusia, southern Spain. It covers 543 km2, of which 135 km2 are a protected area. The Parque Nacional de Doñana is one of Europe's most important wetland reserves and a maj...

By Peter Prokosch

Park-supportive Tourism education on natural (non-tourist occupied) Beach, Coto Doñana National Park, SpainDoñana National Park is a natural reserve in Andalusia, southern Spain. It covers 543 km2, of which 135 km2 are a protected area. The Parque Nacional de Doñana is one of Europe's most important wetland reserves and a maj...

By Peter Prokosch

National Park Ranger on Horse, Coto Doñana National Park, SpainDoñana National Park is a natural reserve in Andalusia, southern Spain. It covers 543 km2, of which 135 km2 are a protected area. The Parque Nacional de Doñana is one of Europe's most important wetland reserves and a maj...

By Peter Prokosch

Agriculture land and palmoil plantages close to the mangrove estuary in the South of Krabi, ThailandLarge areas of tropical forests and other ecosystems with high conservation values have been cleared to make room for vast monoculture oil palm plantations – destroying critical habitat for many endangered species, inclu...

By Peter Prokosch

Palmoil plantages close to the Mangrove estuary in the South of Krabi, ThailandLarge areas of tropical forests and other ecosystems with high conservation values have been cleared to make room for vast monoculture oil palm plantations – destroying critical habitat for many endangered species, inclu...

By Peter Prokosch

Mangroves (Blue Carbon), Ko Lanta, ThailandMangroves are various types of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics The remaining mangrove forest areas of the world in 2000 was 137,760 km². Th...

By Peter Prokosch

Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) decomposing on an island off Nuuk, GreenlandGreenland is home to around 15 species of Whale, of which only three remain during the winter. The Fin Whale is but a summer visitor to Greenland and is often seen in the water. The Fin Whale grows to be around 27m in le...

By Peter Prokosch

Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) decomposing on an island off Nuuk, GreenlandGreenland is home to around 15 species of Whale, of which only three remain during the winter. The Fin Whale is but a summer visitor to Greenland and is often seen in the water. The Fin Whale grows to be around 27m in le...

By Peter Prokosch

Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) decomposing on an island off Nuuk, GreenlandGreenland is home to around 15 species of Whale, of which only three remain during the winter. The Fin Whale is but a summer visitor to Greenland and is often seen in the water. The Fin Whale grows to be around 27m in le...

By Peter Prokosch

Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) decomposing on an island off Nuuk, GreenlandGreenland is home to around 15 species of Whale, of which only three remain during the winter. The Fin Whale is but a summer visitor to Greenland and is often seen in the water. The Fin Whale grows to be around 27m in le...

By Peter Prokosch

Eyeball of a Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), whale slaughtering island off Nuuk, GreenlandGreenland is home to around 15 species of Whale, of which only three remain during the winter. The Fin Whale is but a summer visitor to Greenland and is often seen in the water. The Fin Whale grows to be around 27m in le...

By Peter Prokosch

Autumn at Mykland after forest fire 5 years agoJune 9-20, 2008, happened the largest forest fire since 100 years in Norway. In the area of Mykland 26 km2 of (mainly pine-) forest burned. Now this is a unique area, where natural processes can be studied. Therefore som...

By Peter Prokosch

Toshka Lake, Egypt, October 2013In Egypt, some of the water from Lake Nassar, the great reservoir formed by the Aswan High Dam on the Nile, is being pumped 320 kilometres northwest out of the Nile Valley into natural geological depressions in the Great...

By Peter Prokosch

Lake Nasser, Egypt, October 2013The Aswan High Dam, built in the 1960s, created major change in one of the world’s largest and most famous rivers. The dam stopped the annual flooding that provided new fertile soil each year, the basis for agriculture i...

By Peter Prokosch

Cattle invading Ambolesi National Park, KenyaIncreased pressure from its surroundings is threatening the Amboseli National Park. The park has been established in Kajiado District, Rift Valley Province in Kenya, and is 39,206 hectares (392 km2) in size at the core o...

By Peter Prokosch

Cattle invading Ambolesi National Park, KenyaIncreased pressure from its surroundings is threatening the Amboseli National Park, The park has been established in Kajiado District, Rift Valley Province in Kenya, and is 39,206 hectares (392 km2) in size at the core ...

By Peter Prokosch

Fishing fleet, Keflavik, IcelandIceland's fishery, on which the entire country significantly depends on, today offers good examples of sustainable management, as indicated by MSC certification.

By Peter Prokosch

Norwegian spring spawning herrings, Ålesund aquarium, NorwayThe Norwegian spring spawning herring population is one of the biggest migrating biomasses in the world (sometimes compared with the biomass of all elephants in the world). The official Norwegian fishery site describes i...

By Peter Prokosch

Mosses as part of the vegetation 5 years after forest fire, Mykland, Aust Agder, NorwayThe forests in Southern Norway show the highest diversity in the country. June 9-20, 2008, happened the largest forest fire since 100 years in Norway. In the area of Mykland 26 km2 of (mainly pine-) forest burned. Now th...

By Peter Prokosch

Bever habitat near Whitehorse, Yukon, CanadaThe beaver works as a keystone species in an ecosystem by creating wetlands that are used by many other species. Next to humans, no other extant animal appears to do more to shape its landscape.